Posts: 3,035
Threads: 201
Joined: Aug 2006
All the forecasts I read said it would hit late afternoon tonight, not last night.
My understanding is the highly variable sea temperatures make the middle of the Pacific hard to forecast. If you look at sea temperature models that show 6 months or a year of past temperatures the bands of color used to show temperature ranges in the Pacific are very "wiggly" to use an unscientific term, while the bands in the Atlantic are "smoother" and tend to change more slowly based on the movement of the Gulf stream.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Posts: 295
Threads: 8
Joined: Jun 2014
1voyager1 - i hear you. welcome to the jungle.
#10048;
#10048;
Posts: 450
Threads: 128
Joined: Jul 2007
The mainland has weather monitoring stations all across the continent, from Alaska to Newfoundland. And continental weather is more predictable, with more historical data as well.
Until the not-so-distant past, Hawaii didn't even have satellite coverage because the government (justifiably so, IMHO) made sure the working weather satellite was placed where most of the US population lives. And there was only one for many years. It's only been the last few years that they've installed so many tsunami monitoring sites across the Pacific.
And islands are notoriously unpredictable weatherwise, ie England, Ireland, Hawaii...
Posts: 905
Threads: 87
Joined: Jul 2011
After the rain we're getting today I am super glad I got all the mowing done yesterday!
Dayna
http://www.FarmingAloha.com
www.E-Z-Caps.com
Dayna Robertson
At Home Hawaii
Real Estate Sales and Property Management
RS-85517
Dayna.JustListedInHawaii.com
Dayna.Robertson@gmail.com
Posts: 926
Threads: 131
Joined: Mar 2012
I sat around all morning waiting for an opportunity to finish mowing my lawn.
I finally gave up and went out and started it anyway.
I had to take several rain breaks.
But, I did get it finished, or finished enough.
That poor lawnmower didn't like the thick, more than ankle deep, wet grass.
It choked and died a few times.
Maybe after the remnants of the storm pass, I can get started on pushing the the ferns back again.
- - - - - - - - - - -
Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.
Posts: 566
Threads: 22
Joined: Mar 2012
LOL, 1voyager1, exactly. And I had green stained shoes after the soggy job.
He who hoots with owls at night cannot soar with the eagles in the morning.
He who hoots with owls at night cannot soar with the eagles in the morning.
Posts: 39
Threads: 2
Joined: Jun 2014
Be glad for the rain. Here in CA my yard looks like the moon.
Daniel Hanmer
